ACTOR

Buddy Hackett

1924 - 2003

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Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker; August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003) was an American comedian and comic actor. Known for his raunchy material, heavy appearance, and thick New York accent, his best remembered roles include Marcellus Washburn in The Music Man (1962), Benjy Benjamin in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Tennessee Steinmetz in The Love Bug (1968), and the voice of Scuttle in The Little Mermaid (1989). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Buddy Hackett has received more than 3,490,013 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Buddy Hackett is the 4,969th most popular actor (up from 5,056th in 2019), the 7,255th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,500th in 2019) and the 2,232nd most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.5M

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  • 47.21

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Buddy Hackett ranks 4,969 out of 13,578. Before him are Oleg Menshikov, Garret Dillahunt, Song Kang, Nathalie Cardone, Robert Lamoureux, and Vasili Merkuryev. After him are Hannelore Schroth, Joyce Van Patten, Katja Riemann, Carl Ebert, Ray McAnally, and Shuhrat Abbosov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Buddy Hackett ranks 356. Before him are Mohamed Benhima, Yoshiaki Arata, Sabine Weiss, Arkady Vorobyov, Slim Harpo, and Armand Gatti. After him are Ron Moody, Julio Musimessi, David Marshall Lang, Thorbjørn Svenssen, Jack Weston, and Roberto Mieres. Among people deceased in 2003, Buddy Hackett ranks 252. Before him are Jürgen Möllemann, Walter J. Ong, Yuri Shchekochikhin, Natalia Dudinskaya, Jaime Ramírez, and Little Eva. After him are Yun Hyon-seok, Felix Kaspar, Noronha, Pierre Graber, Donald Nicol, and Rick Husband.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Buddy Hackett ranks 7,255 out of 20,380. Before him are George Inness (1825), Oliver Ellsworth (1745), Edith McGuire (1944), Diamanda Galás (1955), Garret Dillahunt (1964), and Marco Beltrami (1966). After him are Ellsworth Huntington (1876), Joyce Van Patten (1934), Alan Dean Foster (1946), Jimmy Kimmel (1967), Vic Damone (1928), and Oscar Pettiford (1922).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Buddy Hackett ranks 2,232. Before him are Charles S. Dutton (1951), Richard Egan (1921), Al Lewis (1923), David Dastmalchian (1977), Yasmine Bleeth (1968), and Garret Dillahunt (1964). After him are Joyce Van Patten (1934), Kathryn Grayson (1922), Molly Ringwald (1968), June Gable (1945), Aileen Pringle (1895), and Mildred Dunnock (1901).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Little Mermaid
Scuttle (voice)
This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.
Nov 17th 19897.3 / 10
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Scuttle (voice)
Set several years after the first film, Ariel and Prince Eric are happily married with a daughter, Melody. In order to protect Melody from the Sea Witch, Morgana, they have not told her about her mermaid heritage. Melody is curious and ventures into the sea, where she meets new friends. But will she become a pawn in Morgana's quest to take control of the ocean from King Triton?
Jan 23rd 20006.398 / 10
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Benjy Benjamin
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
Nov 7th 19637 / 10